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Old Trooper sends us a link to a Detroit Fox News report that a council woman, JoAnn Watson, says that since the city pulled the lever for President Obama (75% of Detroit voters voted for Obama), he should bail them out before they go over their own fiscal cliff the end of this year;

“Our people in an overwhelming way supported the re-election of this president and there ought to be a quid pro quo and you ought to exercise leadership on that,” said Watson. “Of course, not just that, but why not?”

A Detroit City Council member paid only $68 in property taxes this year because city records showed her home doesn’t exist.

JoAnn Watson, 58, said she was unaware of a city records discrepancy that has, for the past decade, listed her house as an empty lot even though the brick Tudor-style home has been occupying the plot since 1926, according to a story Sunday in the Detroit Free Press.

Watson said she receives her property-tax bill separate from her mortgage bill and never questioned why her taxes dropped – or why they didn’t increase when she repaired her home after a tornado.

She said she noticed the drop in her property-tax bill, which she handles herself, but assumed it was because the tornado left a hole in her roof and damaged the home’s foundation.

So, basically, she won’t pay for her responsibilities, but the rest of us should.

The Governor has offered different measures of assistance to the city, and all were turned down by the city council. It is unfortunate that this is business as usual for the Detroit city council and that this is not surprising at all. One more reason why I almost never go to the D even though I live right outside Ann Arbor…

I always ask people who want others to pay taxes if they have utilized the gift line on their tax form. If they haven’t put their money where their mouth is; I don’t want to hear how the “rich” should have to pay their fair share. I want to keep my money for my family and I don’t fault the rich for wanting to do the same.

What #4, #5 and #6 said.
Detroit is the millstone that hangs around the necks of the rest of us.
Especially the point that solutions have been offered to Detroit, they just want a free ride. This is, indeed, liberalism distilled down to it’s essence.

The essence of absolute power corrupting absolutely. They know what they’re doing isn’t working, won’t work, but in the interests of preserving their hold on their little bit of power, they’re not about to change.

IOW, they know they’re about to hit the wall, but they’ve got the steering wheel and the gas pedal, and by God, they aren’t giving them up without a fight.

Detroit did this to itself through “Urban Renewal” projects. They tore down so many buildings that some blocks have no houses, yet they left the streets to be serviced by snowplows, water service and other utilities. Costs remain without the population to offset costs. The best current proposal is to return the land to farm use. Industry has better places to locate. Anyone with sense left 20 years ago.

Lawmaker Takes ‘Dissolve Detroit’ Plan To National Media
It would no doubt be controversial, but the idea of dissolving the city of Detroit and absorbing it into Wayne County is being tossed around in …

FYI there was a proposition on the ballot here in November giving the state government more authority and a faster option to remove control from failed cities in order to stop the bleeding. It was voted down.

The Dems have been working over the past several years (and still are working hard) to effectively force a middle class return to the dead and dying cities. Inducements haven’t worked to the desired extent so coercion is all they have.

The rationale to why Mr. Obama was elected, right there. In simpler terms: “we elected Obama because we expected him to hand out large amounts of free money. Now we want ours. That’s the reason we voted him in.”

Hmmm, what was I saying before that people will not learn financial lessons if they are not held accountable for their actions? That applies here. These idiots in Detroit have learned the lesson that they do not have to be financially responsible, because they are entitled to everyone else’s money to bail them out. Pathetic.

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